Snow-melting apparatus.



No. 859,356. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907. A. 1. WILSON.

SNOW MELTING APPARATUS, APILIGATION FILED APB..18,106.

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OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SN OW-ME LTIN G- APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed April 18, 1906- Serial No- 312,293-

To all whom it may concern? Be it known that I, ANDREW I. WILsoN, a citzen of the United States, and residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Snow-Melting Apparatus, of which the following is a specification,

lsuch as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

, This invention relates to means or apparatus for melting snow on streets, and the object thereof is to provide an improved apparatus of this class by means of which the snow may be removed from the streets of cities and towns in a simple, effective and economical manner.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the'views, and in which Figure l is a sectional side-elevation of an apparatus involving my invention; and, Fig. 2 a plan view thereof.

In the practice of my inventionI provide a truck, wagon or vehicle preferably provided with a bed or body a in which is placed a gasolene motor I) provided 1) having a sprocket wheel 12 which is geared in connection with one of the axles of the truck or vehicle by means of a drive chain 1) which is mounted on the wheel b and a corresponding wheel b secured to said axle. At one side of the motor b is an air pump 0 the piston of which is geared in connection with the shaft Z; of the motor by means of a crank b andalink member b connected with said crank and the rod of the piston. The pump 0 is placed in communication with an air storage tank 0 by means of a pipe 0 and connected with said storage tank is a pipe d which extends forwardly and is connected with a coupling (1 supported forwardly of the truck or vehicle body.

In the body or bed of the truck or vehicle is also placed a gasolene or other fuel tank 6 with which is connected a pipe e which also extends forwardly and is connected with the coupling d in the same manner as the pipe d. Passing through the coupling 01 is a pipe f and this pipe supports the coupling d and is in turn supported by arms d secured thereto, and the arms d support, as will be seen, both the pipe f and the coupling d A transversely arranged burner tube g is by means of another coupling 9 and a connecting pipe 9 and the burner tube 9 is provided in the bottom portion thereof with perforations g which are arranged longitudinally thereof. Connected with the opposite ends of the burner tube 9 are chains or other flexible supports h which are carried upwardly and backwardly into the bed or body of the truck, wagon or vehicle, and in practice the coupling d may be raised and lowered whenever suitable construction being adapted for The gasolene tank e is provided with a i and sight gage j, with valves is.

The operation of the apparatus will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement thereof. The truck, wagon or vehicle may be steered by means of an ordinary hand wheel m geared in connection with the front axle by means of a vertically arranged rod m and any suitable gearing at m and when the motor I) is in operation the vehicle may be propelled as will be readily understood and at the same time the pumps is operated and air is forced into the tank 0 When the valves k are opened air and gasolene pass into the burner tube 9 through the pipes dand e the tube f and the coupling d and the mixture of air and gasolene is ignited as it escapes from the tube g and the flame thus produced is directed upon the snowwhich is rapidly melted thereby. The tube '9 may be raised and lowered as desired and any suitable means may be provided for this purpose.

desired, any this purpose. pressure gage and the pipes d and e are provided propelling the vehicle and compressing the air and forcing it into the tank 0 and an electric or other motor may be provided for this purpose if desired.

This apparatus is simple in construction and opera-v tion, and the details of the construction of the various partsithereof may, or modified to any desired extent, and the burner tube 9, as will be understood, may be made'of any preferred length.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

1. In a snow melting device, the combination with a is so made that the burner tube 9 1 My invention is not limited to a gasolene motor for as will be understood, be regulated' vehicle having four supporting wheels, of a motor carried 2. In a snow melting device, the combination with a vehicle, of a motor carried thereby and operatively connected with the running'gear of said vehicle to drive the same, an air pump mounted on said vehicle and connected with said motor, a burner and a gasolene tank, a pipe construction connecting the gasolene tankand the said air pump with the burner, the pipe from the said tank and that from said air supply uniting before reaching the burner, whereby the rate of feeding the fuel to the burner I is proportioned to the speed of the vehicle, substantially 10 as described.

In testimony that I ciaim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 17th day of April 1906.

.ANDREW I. WILSON.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY. 

